I want to take the credit and say ‘when parents are behavioural neuroscientists’ but he is one smart cookie

If US were Turkiye: Mamdani wins; Trump cancels the election; people vote again; he wins again. Trump strips his degree, jails him for corruption, brands him a terrorist, and locks up his supporters. #HowToLoseACountry

Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.

The Canadian government has seemingly never read a single one of its own commissioned reports on what Canadian science needs. (It's not more people.)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/aaa9fec50b2b595cc0291494fc97e4bd10e7d6945d5c457e0bfa75d42846a705/ETWOFKPB7NGPPBFFEGKRNIBLAU

Children exposed to antidepressants before birth do not face lasting mental health risks

Very happy to share our new paper in Biological Psychiatry, showing that Urolithin A reverses high anxiety by repairing mitochondrial function in the nucleus accumbens.

Big kudos to first co-authors David Mallet & Doğukan Ülgen, our amazing team, and collaborators!

🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

I am going to repost our job ad because we are not getting many applicants!
Like anywhere, there are pros and cons, so if you have questions just DM or email me.
#academicjobs #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicsky

As our graduate program deadline approaches, we are recruiting motivated students to join our team. See details below:

I am hiring an halftime administrative assistant for my lab! we are fun dynamic group located in Bonn DZNE. Pls Spread the word.
Learn more & apply
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You KNOW you've arrived, mainstream, when your invention is turned into an open source asset!🧠🧪 Kudos @deryasargin.bsky.social www.eneuro.org/content/12/6... @cate-cholamine.bsky.social @mathiasvschmidt.bsky.social @zenbrainest.bsky.social @sfn.org #StressNeurobiology @carmensandi10.bsky.social

My first paper in the Sargin Lab 🥳 so grateful to have been able to work on this project

@deryasargin.bsky.social
@dterstege.bsky.social
@jonathanepp.bsky.social

It’s super exciting that just a few days left! @5HT_Society

#eNeuro: Using fiber photometry in mice, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:65zbfh7dgq3vhejo2dcmbnod" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@katycelina.bsky.social‬, Rychlik, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p3muyokkk3p2od65px7nywwc" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@katrinachoe.bsky.social‬ show oxytocin neurons and astrocytes respond to social and stress cues differently depending on the situation and sex of the animal. <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4z4fexwchs45prh4rxionaoi" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@mcmastermedia.bsky.social‬
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Congratulations to our newly elected Board members:
🎉 Sandhya Koushika, Jatin Nagpal, and Ibukun Akinrinade
🎉 Chair-Elect: Bita Moghaddam
Thank you to everyone who joined the ALBA General Assembly 2025! 💙
We’re grateful for your energy and insights.
@fens.org

Excited to help move the dial on support for the brain health economy with Cindy Barha, @vivianepoupon.bsky.social @caromenard666.bsky.social @cbrs-scrc.bsky.social
#G7BrainEconomySummit #Brainhealth

Always a good day when you get good news on funding. I am thrilled on many levels but also because I really believe in this call & the project! My eternal thanks to our group @mcgovernaj.bsky.social @matejaperovic.bsky.social @jennyrabin.bsky.social S Frangou L Gravelsins
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When women’s health loses, we all lose - Policy Options
“Canada has a window of opportunity to do what the United States will not: invest in women’s health and the talent behind it.”
#WomensHealth 🧪 #Canada
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Happy to share new paper from MSc grads Myrthe and Jenna. We asked the question, when part of the brain dies during stroke, what happens to local and distant cortical neurons that innervate the stroke site (in S1 cortex) or those that receive outputs? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to share another piece of the chicken-or-egg puzzle: Investigating the Polygenic Relationship Between Cannabis Use and Schizophrenia in the All of Us Research Program
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

#eNeuro | Calcium Dynamics in Hypothalamic Paraventricular Oxytocin Neurons and Astrocytes Associated with Social and Stress Stimuli
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In case you haven’t heard… Emma placed first in the Canadian National Brain Bee🥇 Not only that, but she also got every question right 🤯

She will now go on to represent Canada at the International Brain Bee 🇨🇦

Sam Weiss speaking #unfiltered at the CAN-ACN EDI session. Make more jobs for Canadians! @canacn.bsky.social

A research team led by Dr. Jonathan Epp and Dr. Derya Sargin at the University of Calgary, funded by Brain Canada and Women’s Brain Health Initiative (WBHI), has identified a promising target for new Alzheimer’s disease treatments. bit.ly/45atSCf

As grants started getting cancelled a few months ago, I felt compelled to give a voice to scientists whose work has been targeted & share with the public what they do and why it’s so vital.

Happy to announce the start of my new podcast, Science Amplified

open.spotify.com/episode/6aUZ...